Madlib

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Madlib

Background information
Birth name Otis Jackson Jr.
Also known as The Beat Konducta
Quasimoto
DJ Rels
Yesterday's New Quintet
Origin Flag of United States Oxnard, California, United States
Genre(s) Hip Hop, Jazz, Electronica
Occupation(s) Producer, Rapper, DJ, Multi-Instrumentalist
Years active 1993–Present
Label(s) Stones Throw Records
Blue Note
Associated
acts		 Jaylib
Lootpack
Madvillain
Quasimoto
Yesterday's New Quintet
Website Madlib at StonesThrow.com

Madlib (born Otis Jackson Jr) is a California-based producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, and DJ.

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[edit] History

Madlib was born in Oakland, California to musician parents Otis and Senesca Jackson. He was raised in Oxnard, and currently works in Los Angeles. He began making music with the rap group Lootpack in the early 1990s. After an independently released EP, Lootpack caught the attention of Peanut Butter Wolf, founder of the Stones Throw Records label. They released two singles and a full-length album on the Stones Throw imprint in 1999. Madlib also worked with rap group Tha Alkaholiks for several albums.

Madlib's first release under the guise of Quasimoto, titled The Unseen, was in 2000. The album was met with critical acclaim and named by Spin Magazine as one of the top albums of the year. Madlib (as Quasimoto) was also named as Hip Hop Connection's Newcomer of the Year, in its annual readers poll for 2000. The distinctive high-pitched voice of Quasimoto is attained by rapping over slowed-down beats, which are then sped up to normal speed during the recording process.

In 2001, Madlib took a turn away from traditional hip hop music, releasing his first Yesterdays New Quintet LP, Angles Without Edges. Yesterdays New Quintet is a Jazz-based, hip hop and Electronic-influenced quintet made up of four fictitious characters, Ahmad Miller, Monk Hughes, Malik Flavors, Joe McDuphrey; and Madlib under his real name, Otis Jackson Jr. Madlib has continued to record other albums under the different guises of YNQ members, including 2002's tribute to Stevie Wonder, Stevie, 2004's tribute to Weldon Irvine, A Tribute to Brother Weldon, Joe McDuphrey Experience, and other singles and EPs released only on vinyl.

Madlib describes himself as a "DJ first, producer second, and MC last," and he has done several projects as a DJ, mixer, or remixer. The first, released in 2002, was a collection of old dub reggae tracks, and was titled Blunted in the Bomb Shelter. The second, released in 2003, was a remix of Blue Note Records. This album features original Blue Note recordings, some remixed and resampled, and some replayed by Madlib, as well as rapping by M.E.D. aka Medaphoar.

2003 heralded the first of two collaboration projects. Working with Detroit producer Jay Dee, the duo known as Jaylib released the Champion Sound LP. Far more successful was Madlib's collaboration with hip-hop producer and rapper MF DOOM, known together as Madvillain. The 2004 Madvillainy album was highly anticipated, and well-received, topping many critics' year-end lists.

The 2005 Quasimoto album, The Further Adventures of Lord Quas was accepted well and continued the Quasimoto tradition of using vocal samples from Melvin Van Peebles. This was followed by a jazz album under the name Sound Directions. The album The Funky Side of Life marked his first collaboration with session musicians. His first collection of original (previously unused) hip hop instrumentals Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes was released in March 2006, and on New Year's Eve, a digital release Liberation[1] with Talib Kweli was made public. "Liberation" will be made available on CD in February 2007.

Announced future projects include Yesterdays New Quintet's "Yesterdays Universe", a joint Madlib-Melvin Van Peebles album, a solo album for BBE Music, "Beat Konducta Vols. 3 & 4", and production for the legendary Percee P's upcoming album from Stones Throw Records, tentatively entitled Perseverance.

[edit] Quotes

“Have you ever made music ‘shrooming? It’s different.” [2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Madlib

(2007)

[edit] Lootpack

[edit] Quasimoto

[edit] Yesterdays New Quintet

  • Elle's Theme EP, EP/Digital (2001)
  • The Bomb Shelter EP, 7" (2001)
  • Uno Esta EP, EP (2001)
  • Angles Without Edges, CD/LP/Digital (2001)
  • Stevie Vol. 1 - Promo, CD (2002)
  • Joe McDuhprey Experience - Experience, EP/Digital (2002)
  • Ahmad Miller - Ahmad's First, EP/Digital (2003)
  • Stevie, CD/LP (2004)
  • Malik Flavors - Ugly Beauty, EP/Digital (2004)
  • Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm - A Tribute to Brother Weldon, CD/LP/Digital (2004)

[edit] Dudley Perkins

  • A Lil' Light, CD/LP (2003)
  • A Lil' Light Instrumentals, LP (2003)
  • Expressions, CD/LP (2006)
  • Expressions Instrumentals, LP/Digital (2006)

[edit] Jaylib

[edit] Madvillain

[edit] DJ Rels

  • Theme For A Broken Soul, CD/LP (2004)

[edit] Sound Directions

  • The Funky Side of Life, CD/LP (2005)

[edit] Externallinks

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